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What do you see when you look at abstract (抽象) art? Does it make sense to you? Does it look like anything?
Abstract art became popular in the early 20th century. Artists did not want to paint, draw, or sculpt things like they looked. They didn’t want their art to be realistic (现实的). They were more interested in basic shapes（基础的造型） and colours.
Picasso is probably the most famous of these artists. He painted and drew in many, many styles. Sometimes he used a lot of blue colours (his “blue period”). Later, he used more red and pink colours (his “rose period”). Many of his other paintings are called “cubist (立体画派)” because they are made of painted squares.
After a long time, Picasso’s paintings became more and more abstract. He painted people and things using strange shapes. His work was so original, many his fellow artists didn’t understand it.
Kindinsky, another famous artist, used lines, shapes, and patterns to paint his subjects. His paintings also used strong colours to express feelings.
Other artists like the surrealists (超现实主义者), they were interested in the subconscious (潜意识). Painters like Breton and Magritte used many symbols (象征) in their work. The meaning or subject of their work wasn’t always clear. Dai, another artist, painted pictures that looked like dreams.
There are still many abstract artists around the world. It's often hard to say what their art is about. That’s the way many artists like better. They want each person to look at art and find their own meaning in it.
1.Which would be most like abstract art?
A. a painting of a horse
B. a sculpture(雕塑) of a car
C. a drawing of two people in a coffee house.
D. A red and blue painting, with no clear subject.
2.What happened to Picasso’s work after a long time?
A. It became more abstract.
B. It became less original.
C. He went from using red colours to using blue colours
D. He only painted with coloured squares
3.Who is probably the most famous abstract artist?
A. Breton B. Dali. C. Picasso D. Magritte
4.Which of the following is Not true?
A. Picasso painted in many different styles.
B. Dali was interested in dreams.
C. Abstract artists feel each work of art only has one meaning
D. Magritte’s art was full of symbols.
八年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Look into the mirror and what do you see? You see yourself. But when you move. you do everything backward(相反地)in the mirror! If you wave your left hand, your right hand waves in the mirror. If you wink your right eye, your left eye, your left eye winks(眨). Try to read a page in the mirror .The words will be backwards.
What is really happening? You do not see through the glass of a mirror as you do through a window. The glass of a mirror has a silver coating on the back. The light from the sun or a bulb bounces (弹回)off you ,goes into the mirror ,and bounces straight back out to you again.
Mirrors have been used for thousands of years. The earliest were round pieces of shiny metal. Glass mirrors came late. The ancients thought that a mirror was magic. They did not understand how it worked. They thought they saw their spirits in a mirror and breaking a mirror brought bad luck.
Today mirrors have many uses .For example, they can make rooms look bigger and prettier. They also show us if our hair is combed(梳理) well and our faces are clean. On cars, buses and trucks, mirrors help drivers see traffic behind them. Mirrors are also used in telescopes(望远镜)and searchlights(探照灯).
Fun houses use mirrors. They make people look funny. Some mirrors are curved to make people seem short and round or tall and tin They make people laugh at themselves.
1.If you wave your right hand, you can see your ________In the mirror.
A. left hand down B. left hand wave
C. right hand wave D. right hand up
2.Mirrors________.
A. appeared a long time ago
B. were made of glass at first
C. made of metal are popular today
D. had many uses in ancient times
3.Mirrors were magic in the past because________.
A. people thought they could see their spirits in mirrors
B. they were used in magic shows
C. they could make people change their heights and weights
D. they could make people laugh
4.What does the word “curved” mean in Chinese?
A.雕刻 B.油漆 C.扭转 D.弯曲
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— What are you doing, Bob?
— Look at the sky. Can you see anything________?
A. moved B. move C. moving
八年级英语单选题简单题查看答案及解析
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Lots of people love chocolate. Do you know how to make it? What does a chocolate factory look like? My class had a field trip to a chocolate factory in Toronto.
We visited an old building in ten groups. In the beginning, we put on some special clothes to make sure that we couldn’t dirty the workplace. After preparation(准备), we went to the second floor and walked into the chocolate-making place. The floor was filled with different kinds of machines. Each machine has a different job. There are only two people working on the floor, because machines do most of the work.
In the next room, we learned about the history of chocolate making. There was a picture of the factory 100 years ago. They had more than 1,000 people working there. The factory is very different now. How greatly the technology(技术) is changing our life!
Later, we saw how machines made chocolate. We got a cocoa bean(可可豆), some powdered(粉末的) chocolate and a final chocolate. I opened the cocoa bean and tasted it. It doesn’t taste sweet at all, and it’s like dark chocolate. The best cocoa beans come from South America and Africa. Farmers dry them in the sun. Next, workers cook the beans at a high temperature. Machines took the shells(果壳) off the beans and made the beans into chocolate liquor which looks like water. Then, they put chocolate liquor and sugar together to make dark chocolate. If adding milk, they made milk chocolate. The machine made them smooth like silk.
Finally, we bought some chocolate at a shop in the factory. It was at a very low price. This field trip taught me how important technology is and I also leant a lot of knowledge about chocolate.
1.Why did the writer’s class visit the chocolate factory?
A.Because they were interested in the amazing technology.
B.Because they could get some chocolate at a low price there.
C.Because they wanted to learn something new about chocolate.
2.Where do the best cocoa beans come from?
A.North America. B.Australia. C.Africa.
3.What makes the writer think “How greatly technology is changing our life”?
A.The whole floor only has two machines working.
B.Machines are doing most of the work in this factory.
C.People are making more and more delicious chocolate.
4.The writer thought the field trip was________ .
A.tiring B.unforgettable C.meaningless
5.Which is the RIGHT order about how to make chocolate?
①Cook the beans at a high temperature.
②Dry the cocoa beans in the sun.
③Put chocolate liquor and sugar together.
④ Take the shells off the beans, and made the beans into chocolate liquor.
A.②①④③ B.①②④③ C.②①③④
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Have you ever seen a rainbow （彩虹） in the sky? Do you know what it is?
A story says that when you see a rainbow you should _____ at once to the place where it touches the ground, and _____ you would find a bag of gold. Of course, it is not _____. You could not find the bag of gold, nor could you ever find its end. No matter how _____ you run, it always seems far away.
A rainbow is not a thing which we can feel with our _____ as we can feel a flower. It is only the effect of light shining on raindrops. The raindrops catch the sunlight and break it up into all the wonderful colors which we see.
It is _____ a rainbow perhaps because it is made up of raindrops and looks like a bow. That is _____ we can never see a rainbow in a clear _____. We see rainbows _____ when there is rain in the air and the sun is shining brightly through the clouds. Every rainbow has many colors in the same order. The first of the top color is always red, next ______ orange, then green, and last of all blue. A rainbow is indeed one of the wonders of nature.
1.A. run B. walk C. jump D. stand
2.A. where B. there C. here D. near
3.A. good B. wrong C. beautiful D. true
4.A. long B. short C. far D. difficult
5.A. hands B. legs C. heads D. eyes
6.A. called B. spoken C. meant D. asked
7.A. because B. why C. so D. that
8.A. space B. sky C. fields D. water
9.A. hardly B. really C. only D. usually
10.A. goes B. sees C. covers D. comes
八年级英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析
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—Look at my new smart phone.
一Wow, it's so cool.When and where you it?
A. do;buy B. have;bought C. did;buy D. have;had
八年级英语单选题简单题查看答案及解析
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----- What are you doing, Jane? --- I’m _______ my cat. I can’t find it.
A. looking at B. looking after C. looking for D. looking up
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What do you know about the sea? We know that it looks very b________1.，when the sun is shining on it. We also know that it can be very rough (汹涌的) when there is a strong wind. What e______2. do you know about it?
The first thing to remember is that the sea is very big. When you look at the m_______ 3.of the world, you will find there is more sea than land. The sea covers three quarters of the world. Some parts of the sea are shallow (浅的). But in some places the sea is very deep. The h_______4. mountain in the world is about 9 kilometers high. But the deepest place of the sea is n_______5. 11 kilometers deep.
The sea can be very cold. At the top, the w______6. may be warm. But if you go down, it b________ 7.colder and colder. In most parts of the sea, there are lots of fishes and p________8.. Some live near the top of the sea. Others live deep down.
You know that the sea water is salty (咸的). If you swim in the sea, you can t______9.the salt. Some parts of the sea are more salty than other places. For example, the Dead Sea is so salty that swimmers cannot sink (下沉) in it! And fish cannot live in it, either. What a s_______ 10. sea!
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—Look at _________ sculpture for Sunshine Town Square, Tom! What do you think of it?
—This is ________ most wonderful one I have ever seen.
A. the; a B. a; the C. the; the D. a; a
八年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Do you know what a resolusion is? It’s a kind of promise. When we ___1._(make) resolusions at the __2.___(begin) of the year, we hope that we are going ____3._(improve) our lives. Some people write down their resolusions and plans for the ___4.(come) year. This helps them to remember
their resolutions. There are different kinds of resolusions. Some are about ___5.___(physics) health. Many resolusions have to do with self-improvement. These are about ____6.____(make) yourself a better person. Some peole might say they are going to take up a hobby like ____7.____(paint), or __8.____(learn) to play the guitar. Some resolusions have to do with better ____9._(plan), like making a ___10.__(week) plan for schoolwork.
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